Vance reveals 'GOAL NUMBER ONE' with Iran

. >> Shannon: A LITTLE BIT OF. TROUBLE WITH THE SOUND BITE. THERE. JD VANCE PROJECTING CONFIDENCE. AMID THE ONGOING CONFLICT WITH. IRAN IN A CONVERSATION WITH WILL. CAIN HE SAYS HIS TOP PRIORITY IS. KEEPING OIL PRICES DOWN. TALKS ARE DEADLOCKED. PETER DOOCY HAS THE LATEST ON. WHERE WE STAND THIS MORNING. >> SHANNON, THINGS ARE DIFFERENT. HERE AT THE WHITE HOUSE TODAY. BECAUSE PREVENTING IRAN FROM. GETTING A NUCLEAR WEAPON HAS.

LONG BEEN THE TOP PRIORITY OF. THIS WAR. NOW WE'VE LEARNED IT IS THE. SECOND PRIORITY. >> I KNOW THAT OIL IS DOWN TODAY. AND IT IS WAY DOWN FROM THE. HIGHS IN THE EARLY DAYS OF THE. CONFLICT. THAT IS GOAL NUMBER ONE, KEEP. OIL AND GAS CHEAP FOR AMERICANS. ALL OVER OUR COUNTRY. OBVIOUSLY GOAL TWO IS INSURE. IRAN NEVER GETS A NUCLEAR WEAPON. >> PRESIDENT TRUMP SAID THE. UNITED STATES HAS TOTAL CONTROL. OVER THE STRAIT OF HORMUZ.

HIS ENERGY SECRETARY EXPLAINS. THINGS IN THE STRAIT ARE FLUID. >> MR. SECRETARY, YOU CAN. CONCEDE, CAN'T YOU, THAT THE. U.S. DOESN'T HAVE TOTAL CONTROL. OVER THE STRAIT OF HORMUZ. >> LOOK, IRAN IS ATTEMPTING TO. HOLD THE WORLD ECONOMY HOSTAGE. AND TO TERRORIZE THEIR. NEIGHBORS. THEY BUILT UP A GIANT ARSENAL. ARE THEY CAUSING DIFFICULTIES IN. THE REGION? ABSOLUTELY. BUT THEY HAVE A LOSING STRATEGY. AT THE END, THAT WILL LEAD TO.

THE COLLAPSE OF THIS REGIME IN. IRAN AS THEIR ECONOMY GETS. STRANGLED. >> NOBODY DISPUTES IRAN'S. ECONOMY IS REALLY SUFFERING AS A. DIRECT RESULT OF THE U.S. NAVAL. BLOCKADE IN THE STRAIT. HOWEVER, THE MAN IN CHARGE OF. IRAN'S MILITARY SEEM TO HAVE. MADE A CALCULATION TO REBUILD.